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Understanding Burke's Landed Gentry
There are many editions of Burke's Landed Gentry (as it is coloquially known). Many early editions are digitised and freely available online - the table below lists the copies that I have found. An alternative list is available at Wikipedia.
| Edition | Dates of Publication | Full Title | Number of Volumes | Notes | Online Availability |
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| Original | 1833-1835 | A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank, but uninvested with Heritable Honours | Three | Not in alphabetical order, so see my indices below | |
| New Edition | 1843-1849 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, a Companion to the Baronetage and Knightage | Three | Largely identical to the following edition | |
| 2nd Edition | 1850-1853 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland comprising particulars of upwards of 100,000 individuals | Three | Identical to New Edition, but with addition of new pages in the Addenda | |
| 3rd Edition | 1855-1858 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | Two | A single-volume edition was also published in 1858 | |
| 4th Edition | 1862-1863 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | Two | Later re-published as one volume (1863) | |
| 4th Edition revised | 1868 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | ? | With Supplement and Corrigenda |
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| 5th Edition | 1871 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | Two | ||
| 5th Edition (reissue) | 1875 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | Two | With Supplements & Addenda |
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| 6th Edition | 1879 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | Two | ||
| 6th Edition re-issued | 1882 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | Two |
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| 7th Edition | 1886 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | Two |
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| 8th Edition | 1894 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | Two |
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| 9th Edition | 1898 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | Three | The 3rd volume is dedicated to Ireland | |
| 10th Edition | 1900 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain | ? | From now on, Ireland was a separate publication |
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| 11th Edition | 1906 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain | One | ||
| 12th Edition | 1914 | A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain | One | ||
| 13th and subsequent | 1914+ |
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Tables of Contents
Unfortunately, early editions frequently had no table of contents. And to make matters worse, they were not in alphabetical order (or indeed any discernible order at all). To make my own life easier, I am slowly building these tables of contents and in the spirit of making everyone else's life easier too, will put these indices online as I generate them. The list below will therefore (hopefully) slowly grow, so check back from time to time.